Chapter 272 – Attention
Ely sipped her drink, forcing her gaze away.
She was doomed.
Absolutely doomed.
Because no matter how hard she tried to play it cool—lean back, stay professional, sip her overpriced hibiscus-infused sparkling water like she wasn't internally combusting—her gaze kept drifting. To the smirk. The collarbone. The towel.
Gods, the towel.
And beneath it, the chaos she had accidentally unleashed on this entire luxury rooftop like a half-naked financial scandal in motion.
Across the restaurant, women were still pretending not to look while very clearly looking. From behind sunglasses. Through phone screens. Over the rims of oversized cocktail glasses.
She watched one pretend to take a selfie while obviously angling toward Lux. Another held a menu vertically but had both eyes peeking around the side like she was about to negotiate his net worth with her body.
And Lux?
Calm. Casual. Dangerous.
